- Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee (1999)
- The Ghost Road by Pat Barker (1995)
- Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey (1988)
- Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie (1981, winner of the Booker of the Bookers in 1993)
- The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer (1974)
- The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. Farrell (1973)
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Best of the Booker Short List Announced
The Best of the Booker is described on the Man Booker Prize website as "a one-off celebratory award to mark the 40th anniversary of the Booker Prize." Translation: The Best of the Booker is a publicity stunt to grab some Booker press during the prize off-season. Nevertheless, I'm a Booker junkie, so I'm interested in the short list that was just announced for this one-off Booker. The following six titles were chosen out of the 41 past Booker winners:
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Hello - I'm a fellow LibraryThinger and live in those mysterious "West Midlands" (oh, and my vote is for Oscar and Lucinda, but then that was the first Booker Winner I read!)
I like the mix of reviews and book news on your blog and look forward to keeping more up to date now you're on my bloglines RSS feed!
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